Brooking to fans and the media: We won

The Dallas Cowboys linebacker can’t believe all the negative comments he’s heard in the wake of the team’s 26-20 overtime win in Kansas City.

“We were so excited to win that ball game, but when we got in the locker room, the media was asking questions and almost trying to put a negative spin on it,” Brooking said. “We won the game. I don’t care. I want to enjoy it.”

Brooking loves all the attention the Cowboys get, but he believes there’s an ugly flip side to that adulation.

“I think the expectations are very unrealistic (here),” Brooking said. “I’m not talking about within this locker room, but on the outside of this circle. Every game is a brawl. Every game is hold on and find a way to win at the end. Very seldom do you have blowouts in this league. We just have to have that belief. And we believe.

“The only thing that matters is right here inside this circle. I love our fans. I love the attention that we get. That is something that is very exciting to me, but at the same time, when you really get down to the nuts and bolts of it, you have got to worry about right here, what’s right here in this locker room and stay just together, keep pulling and take care of small things and it will show up on Sunday.”